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newbutoh, h. 1. NEWS 0. 32000 PUTTSBURGH, N. T. PRESS-REFUBUCBH 0. 15.000 _ OCT 6 1976 Y-> ......................... - ' Monsanto .; Halting PCB Manufacturing OCT 6 1976 Monsanto Co. to halt PCB production in 1977 ST.,LOUIS TTIPI) -- Monsanto Co., the nation's Icadlnn aum>lie el Tr,i'^,10r|i.ri*t'dijhlph*n^' u,*`* u on electric Insulator said ?i")*y lt. w0ulfj,p production of th* chemical by Oct. 3l', 1577 because of possible hazardous offsets on humnna. ' wnu^l^!ri^0.l1!lWftl,* ph,,in* out of production over tba next ytar LT,L^PCB S. h., mnuict"-ers to find aubsUtuta matarlala for i.e.nS * op*d by u" slsctrlcsl industry art btint PCBd' thou*h Uwy m*y not proTM " sBsctlvs In resisting flreo ' ST. LOUIS fAP) -- Monsanto Industrial,Cbtmicali Co. will halt production of PCB Insulating fluids oast yut because of the public's faar of adverse effects from the chemical. Monsanto will withdraw completely from the market no later than Oct II, WTT. said Earle H. Harblaon Jr., general nunagn; ' of the firm's, metatty chemicals division. -.! . t Marblsen said Toeedsy the target`date would bate hean;> SYRACUSE Herald Journal sooner, but electhcal transformer and capacitor manufac turers have said they would be unable to oonvert to, other materials any earttOr. ' -' SYRACUSE N Y. D. 123.718 Monsanto Is the only manufacturer of PCB (polychlorinated blphenyU, a stable. Are-resistant dwnlcal. * The Envlronmaital Protection Agency has found that PCBs OCT 51976 build up to the environment and are thought to cause reproduc tive failures, gastric disorders and akin Mens la mammals. About MO million pounds of the virtually Indestructible chemical have beep dumped brio landfills, leaked Into water Monsanto Co. to stop aupjUe^and flowed to aUt Into production sites,, the EPA 1ST AAnUdMor RiiimD E.Truln praised Monsanto', dacUton. termini It " Ugnifkant itap hi deallni with the Mai production of PCBs problem ofPCB conlamlsattoe." - . . ' - Bat ba noted that PCBi already10 tha environment "will ha ban tot yeeit, moving Ms Ufa syatomt, Including humans'. Tht problems atlll need Is he addrssied,vigorously by govern- nsnt snd Ihdutlry." ' PCB hil been blamsd si a major Msrsa of poflutloa in Naw Ywt'i Hudaon Blvar.. . . - ; Naw Ysrt Slate officials and tha General Electric Cs. rwant- ly reaebad agreement for OB. to contribute fl mHHon toward - tba edit of cleaning PCBa Inn tba Hudra. . . Tbs accumulation of PCBa la waterways. Harbiasa saM, trlnarad Iba llrm'a decision Is cnaaa production aa assn aa tba tlsrtrlcal Industry could And aHamate fluIda and eoovwl Its nqulpmant and oompenante to Ibalr nan. ' `v Momanls had aarbsr quit making PCB, (or oac In carboalan, copy papar firs reaiitent hydraulic fluid,, boat tranafar fluid and plasUcImn. .' ,, ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- Monunto Co., toro and transformer!. Monsanto said a producer of polychlorinated biphe conversion timetables now drawn up nyl far decades and tba chief U.S. by the electrical Industry wuuld par auppUsr of lbs chemical, sold today It mil tba late 1577 wltbdrawl of PCBa. would withdraw completely from do- A Monsanto spokesman laid about mastic production of PCBa by Oct. 20 amployaa were Involved In tha ; 21,1177. ' company'! production of PCBa at Its ; The holt will cause shifts to aubeti- William G. Krummrich plant asar - tute materialo for PCBs which hove East St. Louis. Total tmpioyroant at ' been used lines about ISM as electric the plant is about 1,200 and no layoffs I insulating and Are resistant flutdi but In meant yearn bar* been found to are anticipated ai a remit of tba PCB bait, the spokesman aud. collect in the environment with po tential hazardous effects for humans. Monsanto produced about 86 mil ' Monsanto announced lait January lion pounds of PBCs a year before i'"it planned to withdrew from PCB 1071 but ee their environmental ef " production but a definite dote woe not fects raised concern! and tbair uses - set. The company sold It would wait bacarot men restricted, company > Tba chtmfcal ii manufactursd at a Monsanto plant In Snugnt, HI. Twentyioba win ba eliminated by tbs decision to withdraw from Iba PCS martat, but a company spokesman said amployaa. . until firms In tba electrical Industry production dropped to about 27.000 using PCBa could gear iq] to ust aub- pounds In ton lor U S. riunampuon, stltutes In products such as capaca- eccerdlaa to tba mekaanaa. working In Ihosa positions wuuld ba akiftod to other work at Iba I PliH ,} ' - T* HONS 05059b